GANESH’s Parts & General Store has thrown its support behind the Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Boxing Day horse race meet.
The company which, over the years supported the club, has come on board once again with proprietor Roop Persaud handing over a cheque worth $200,000 to President of the KMTC, Cecil Kennard, yesterday at the business entity’s Robb Street location. The money will help offset the ‘L’ Open event.

In a brief comment, Persaud said what a pleasure it was to be associated with the Kennard Memorial Turf Club again.
Kennard thanked the sponsors for coming forward and said that he would love to see the working relationship between the two parties continue.

Set for the Bush Lot, Corentyne race track, the provisional programme has listed seven races for the meet with the ‘C’ Class and Lower event being the feature race with a total cash prize of $1.6 million dollars on offer.

In the ‘C ’ Class and lower race which will be competed over a distance of one mile, the top finisher will ride away with $800,000; second $400,000; third $200,000 and fourth $98,000.
The ‘H’1 and Lower race, along with the three-year-old and over races will see attractive top purses of $250,000 and $240,000 respectively.

Meanwhile, the race for two-year-old Guyana bred horses (maiden) which will cover a distance of five furlongs, will see the winner galloping away with $200,000.
The other races and first place cash prizes are as follow, the ‘L’-open–$140,000; ‘L’-non-winners –$120,000; and ‘L’-non-earners– $100,000.

The races will be run under the regulations of the Guyana Horse Racing Authority and entries close on December 16.